Word: beholding
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...those maps we behold a mind unconsciously conceiving a series of atrocious and irreparable crimes in order to make a more perfect world. He believes, for example, that 'to meet democratic specifications,' we should exterminate the Swiss republic. The reader must bear with me; I know this is revolting...
...Elliott Roosevelt turned up in the White House. Columned Mother Eleanor: "I walked into the White House from the hairdresser's a few minutes ago and noticed a group of bags in the Lincoln room. My curiosity got the better of me and I looked farther. Lo and behold, there was our son Elliott and a civilian friend who had come with him from Africa." She reported further that he had "picked up some sort of germ" and was probably "in for a spell in the hospital...
...doesn't fall in love with Lana Turner till almost the end of the picture. When he does find that he loves her the story becomes lightly trite and melodramatic, but up to then it moves along with a freshness, rapidity, and even originality, which are a pleasure to behold...
With the New Yorker already entrenched as the contemporary theatre's most prolific source of material for successful comedy, behold "Junior Miss," starring Sally Benson's Graves family, and most particularly their thirteen-year-old Judy. Uncle Max Gordon has picked another winner this time, for here is the most continually rollicking play of the Boston season--"laff-riot" being the term which springs to mind...
...Behold! Her bosom and half her side-A sight to dream...